Writing web application in Ruby
summary
Claims that full front end can be written in Ruby by compiling Ruby to JavaScript with Opal and running a homegrown Hyalite implementation of a Virtual DOM. Demonstrates a working TodoMVC clone and slide renderer, shows component API, mounting and event handling, and uses a JSX-like shorthand instead of JSX. Notes Opal quirks (symbols treated as strings, proc/block differences), says performance and diffing work but tests and docs are incomplete.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:33Speaker introduction
- 5:13Introducing Opal
- 9:50Virtual DOM explained
- 12:51React.js sample code
- 17:52JSX alternatives in Opal
- 24:30Framework development goals
- 27:35Isomorphic Ruby apps
- 30:47Future plans
- 32:13Conclusion
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